Well-Being in Africa: Towards an Africa(n) Centred Positive Psychology

Fadiji, Angelina Wilson; Khumalo, Itumeleng P.; Zulu, Ncamisile Thumile

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“…While this cross-cultural exchange of knowledge has enriched scientific advancements, it has also raised critical questions about the applicability and adaptability of established research methodologies, particularly in the Global South ( Haelewaters et al, 2021 ; Lunn, 2014 ). In their well-intentioned quest to adhere to global standards, researchers often inadvertently employ a standardized approach that may overlook the intricate sociocultural dynamics, potentially undermining the cultural norms, values, practices, and integrity of research participants in the majority world, particularly within certain African contexts ( Appiah, 2022 ; Wilson Fadiji et al, 2022 ). Central to the research ethical paradigm is the aspiration to safeguard individual autonomy, ensuring that participants are not only cognizant of the research objectives but also willingly engage in the process ( Beauchamp & Childress, 2019 ).…”

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Balancing Ethics and Culture: A Scoping Review of Ethico-Cultural and Implementation Challenges of the Individual-Based Consent Model in African Research

Appiah,

Raviola,

Weobong

2024

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

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Objective: This review explores the ethico-cultural and implementation challenges associated with the individual-based informed consent (IC) model in the relatively collectivistic African context and examines suggested approaches to manage them. Methods: We searched four databases for peer-reviewed studies published in English between 2000 to 2023 that examined the ethico-cultural and implementation challenges associated with the IC model in Africa. Results: Findings suggest that the individual-based IC model largely misaligns with certain African social values and ethos and subverts the authority and functions of community gatekeepers. Three recommendations were proffered to manage these challenges, that researchers should: adopt a multi-step approach to IC, conduct a rapid ethical assessment, and generate an African-centered IC model. Conclusions: A pluriversal, context-specific, multi-step IC model that critically harmonizes the cultural values of the local population and the general principles of IC can minimize ethics dumping, safeguard the integrity of the research process, and promote respectful engagement.

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Balancing Ethics and Culture: A Scoping Review of Ethico-Cultural and Implementation Challenges of the Individual-Based Consent Model in African Research

Appiah,

Raviola,

Weobong

2024

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

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Meaning-Centered Positive Education (PE 2.0): Based on the New Paradigm of Existential Positive Psychology (EPP)

Wong,

Wong

2024

Advances in Mental Health and Addiction

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A bibliometric review of positive psychology and well-being research in Africa

Fadiji,

Khumalo,

Wissing

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Front. Psychol.

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Positive Psychology rapidly developed into an influential field of study and intervention, initially situated in Psychology, and later becoming multidisciplinary. Research interest in the study of (psychological) well-being has gained global popularity, with increasing salience in Africa. Although the global trends of these developments are relatively well-known, a bibliometric analysis of positive psychology research in Africa was necessary to shed light on the present hotspots and trends and future trajectories in this region of the world. The data source of the present bibliometric analysis study was Scopus, from which Positive Psychology and well-being research literature from Africa between 1983 and 2023 were searched. Using biblioshiny and VOSviewer, the 622 extracted articles were analysed, from which findings about the current condition, research hotspots, and thematic developmental patterns could be made. Africa experienced an initial slow growth period from 1983 until 2005, after which a rapid growth in research productivity, relevance and impact was experienced. In this regard, the results show that the focal point of scientific productivity is South Africa, with the dominance of South African institutions, particularly the North-West University, from where most positive psychology research is produced and cited. Even with potential access to international journal, African researchers seem to prefer to place their publications in the regional journals such as Journal of Psychology in Africa and South African Journal of Psychology. The research reviewed tends to be characterised by more dominant thematic clusters of positive psychology, psychological well-being, and subjective well-being, with a focus on human individuals. An increasing concern for contextual factors and potential antecedents and dynamics of well-being is also observed. The findings provide a good map from which identification of future research priorities can be deduced. As such, we speculate that future positive psychology research in Africa ought to be concerned with the following: greater distribution and intercountry collaborations across the continent, questions of conceptual clarity of terms, better understanding of contextual factors which influence well-being, and well-being research embracing the complexity of bio-psycho-social-ecological well-being, and science concerned with health-promotion interventions.

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Well-Being in Africa: Towards an Africa(n) Centred Positive Psychology

Cited by 3 publications

References 72 publications

Balancing Ethics and Culture: A Scoping Review of Ethico-Cultural and Implementation Challenges of the Individual-Based Consent Model in African Research

Balancing Ethics and Culture: A Scoping Review of Ethico-Cultural and Implementation Challenges of the Individual-Based Consent Model in African Research

Meaning-Centered Positive Education (PE 2.0): Based on the New Paradigm of Existential Positive Psychology (EPP)

A bibliometric review of positive psychology and well-being research in Africa

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